There's a
new Counter-Strike: Condition Zero preview on CS-Nation that includes word
of yet another developer(!) on the upcoming Counter-Strike game, as Turtle
Rock Studios (thanks HomeLAN
Fed) is now at work on the project. According to the article, some of the
content from Ritual (who assumed the reigns of the project from Gearbox earlier in
this soap opera) was not equal to expectations, so Valve has turned things over
to this small start-up, composed of four former Westwood/EA Pacific employees,
headed by Mike Booth (Nox). Here's a bit more on this:

Although you will
still find some of the Ritual missions in the game, the meat of CS: Condition
Zero is a new mode programmed by Turtle Rock Studios. Twelve Ritual missions
will be in a section of the game called "Deleted Scenes." These
missions were the best of the 20 or so that Ritual developed. But the new game
mode that will comprise most of Condition Zero is a Tony Hawk Pro
Skater-like challenge mode.

OH im sorry I meant the QUAKE 2 engine is played out. The graphics of HL are starting to look like this game, http://www.jmpc.com/Starcade/games/burgertime.htm, compared to games of coming out now. As long as CZ was in developement it should have had a new engine, new maps, and new models.